{"id":55400,"date":"2025-11-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=55400"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:59:38","slug":"pope-leons-four-favorite-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/actualidad\/las-cuatro-peliculas-favoritas-del-papa-leon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo's four favorite films and his meeting with filmmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
- John Mulderig (OSV News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few days after the Pope disclosed his favorite films last weekend, well-known actors, actresses and directors met with the Pope in the front row of the Vatican's frescoed Clementine Hall. Among others, Gus Van Sant and Spike Lee, and actors Monica Bellucci, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen and Sergio Castellitto, who played the traditionalist Cardinal Tedesco in the movie \u2018Conclave\u2019 (2024), reported Cindy Wooden<\/strong>, also from OSV News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Leo asked directors and actors to \u201cdefend slowness when it has a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when it is evocative.\u00bb \u201cBeauty is not just a means of escape,\u201d he told them; \u201cit is, above all, an invocation.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen film is authentic, it not only comforts, it challenges,\u201d he said. \u201cIt articulates the questions that dwell within us and, at times, even provokes tears we didn't know we needed to express.\u201d The Pope prayed that his work \u201cnever loses its capacity to astonish and even to continue to offer us a glimpse, however small, of the mystery of God.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier, the Pontiff had received actor Robert De Niro (82), a two-time Oscar winner, American but with Italian roots. \u201cGood morning! It's a pleasure to meet you,\u201d the Pope said. \u201cFor me too,\u201d replied De Niro, who was accompanied by several people, who received from Leo XIV a rosary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite its conciseness, Pope Leo's selection of four favorite films covers a wide range of themes and tone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The quartet begins with a Christmas classic from Hollywood's golden age that offers viewers a resounding affirmation of the value of a life well-lived. In the same vein, it also includes a mostly light-hearted musical based on true events about the formation of a family musical group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But deeper dramas are not neglected. In fact, the catalog is completed with the story of a family tragedy and its emotional consequences, as well as a study of paternal love framed in the heartbreaking cruelty of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following, in alphabetical order, are brief reviews of the films highlighted by Pope Leo, with some OSV News rating and, where applicable, their Motion Picture Association ratings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The film quartet<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n